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Table of Contents

An Opening Selection

Literature

Americana

History & Philosophy

Religion

Science & Economics

Travel & Exploration

Childrens Literature

Art, Illustrated & Fine Press Books

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kelmscottchaucerTe Incomparable Kelmscott Chaucer:

Without Question Te Grandest Book Of Te Century,In Magnicent Inlaid Pictorial Morocco-Gilt Binding

1. (KELMSCOTT PRESS) (MORRIS, William) CHAUCER, Georey. Te Works. Hammersmith, 1896. Large folio(12 by 17 inches), early 20th-century full crimson crushed morocco, elaborate pictorial front cover replicates the titleand a Burne-Jones illustration from the Clerks Tale, full inlaid crushed morocco doublures, custom half moroccoclamshell box. $130,000.

Renowned Kelmscott Press edition of Caxtons rendition of Chaucer, one of only 425 copies printed on Batchelorhand-made paper (of a total edition of 438 copies), typeset in faces and borders designed by William Morris andillustrated with 87 intricate wood-engravings aer drawings by Edward Burne-Jones. Magnicently bound in asumptuous inlaid pictorial morocco-gilt exhibition binding by Birdsall.

Chaucers characters live age aer age. Every age is a Canterbury Pilgrimage; we all pass on, each sustaining one ofthese characters; nor can a child be born who is not one of these characters of Chaucer (William Blake). Pre-Raphaelitepainter, designer, architect, and printer William Morris appreciated the endurance of Chaucer. Chaucer would bechosen as the last and most ambitious of Morris 53 press-bookshis crowning typographic achievement, themajestic Kelmscott Chaucer (Blumenthal, 35). e Canterbury pilgrims would be re-created for a new age, typesetin specially-designed fonts by Morris (redeeming the Gothic character), and depicted by one of the masters ofEnglish illustration Sir Edward Burne-Jonesresulting in what today is regarded as one of the great books of theworld (Ray 258). Type, decorations, the Burne-Jones illustrations, presswork and binding blend into a Book beyondthe reach of adjectives (Ransom, 50).

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Typographically, the idea that type should complement print is nothing new; the Nuremberg Chronicle of fourcenturies earlier shared the same basic concept. e type (Morris designed the typeface for the book, usingphotographic enlargements of type from the 15th century as his model) and the woodcuts both have the sametexture, or color as typographers would call it. e contrast between thick and thin strokes is very consistentacross the page, between the type, the prints, the ornate decorative frame, and the initial caps and words. Morrisbelieved that books should be designed with two-page spreads in mind, not just the single page In this way asense of unity is imparted on all the pages of the book (Harvard University Art Museums). e 87 illustrations

by Edward Burne-Jones form the most harmonious decoration possible to the printed book (Morris,A Noteon His Aims). ey are gratifyingly abundant; indeed this is one of the few editions of Chaucer in which theminor poems and even the prose are as well illustrated as e Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Cressida. anksto Robert Catterson-Smiths bold redrawing in ink of Burne-Jones pencil designs and the ne wood-engravingswhich William Hooper made from Catterson-Smiths work, they have something of the strength and stylisticconsistency of the best 15th-century illustrations (Ray). e book also contains one of the nest wood-engravedtitle pages, 14 ornamental borders, 18 decorative frames around the illustrations, and 36 large initial letters andwordsall designed by Morris. e impression, as one turns the leaves, is of looking at a medieval manuscriptwith uncolored miniatures (Harthan, 230).

Contemporary praise seemed unending. e New York periodical Book Buyerpublished a facsimile of the rstpage ofe Canterbury Tales and pronounced that the book will be without question the grandest book of thecentury (Peterson, 228). Critic A.L. Cotton of the Contemporary Review declared that in 1896, the culminating

point was reached in the production of the magnicent folio Chaucer, undoubtedly the noblest book as yetachieved by any English printer (Sparling, 88). e Academyeditorially proclaimed that Morris Chaucerforms a great landmark in the history of printing, and were suciently monumental in itself, had he producedno other work, to render the names of the Kelmscott Press and William Morris memorable for all time(Sparling). Peterson A40. Ray 258. Ransom 40. Fine condition. A resplendently bound copy of this ne presshighpoint, a truly extraordinary blend of beautiful design, illustration, printing, text, and binding.

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marcelproustIt Is A Soul Under Guise Of A Book: ProustsA La Recherche Du Temps Perdu,

Very Rare Full First Edition Set In Original Wrappers, A Fine Copy

2. PROUST, Marcel. A la recherche du temps perdu. Paris, 1913-27. irteen volumes. Octavo, original paper wrappeglassine. $37,0

First edition set of Prousts masterpiece, exceptional copies in original wrappers, with the very rare rst issue of the volume, Du Ct de chez Swann (Swanns Way).

In a February 1908 letter Proust mentioned his intention to start a rather long work. Fourteen years and some two million wolater, in February of 1922, he wrote, A la recherche du temps perdu is scarcely beginning. Proust died nine months later, stillthe midst of revisions and additions. Of his masterwork he said, I have tried to put all my philosophy into it, to make all mmusic resonate. In a contemporary review Maurice Rostand observed that Proust comes to us speaking the language he alospeaks and which he has created himself to express his soul and this masterpiece, at once so lucid and so mysterious, in whhe has found the means to express what seems inexpressible, say what seems unsayableit is a soul under guise of a boo(Hayman, 274, 489, 387). Unable to nd a publisher, Proust was forced to publish the rst volume at his own expense with publisher Bernard Grasset. Gallimards Nouvelle Revue Francaise, which had rejected the book on the basis of a hasty readingAndre Gide, swily realized the error and agreed to publish the rest of the work. Traditionally translated Remembrance of i

Past, the complete work, which is largely autobiographical, consists of seven interrelated sections. All volumes here are editions, with the rst volume being the very rarerst issue, with a date of 1913 on the front wrapper and 1914 on the title pagprinters slug between between the last two letters of the publishers name on the title page, and the colophon on the verso of pa523.e nal eleven volumes are each of a limited edition, although the limitation sizes and numbers vary from volume volume. Text in French. Interiors ne, with only a bit of evidence of tape repair along front inner paper hinge of Swanns WFragile original wrappers and glassine in extraordinary condition, with almost no signs of wear. A beautiful copy.

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nurembergchronicle, 1493A Superb And Most Rare Hand-Colored Copy: A Landmark In Te History Of Printing,

And One Of Te Greatest Illustrated Books Ever Published, 1493 First Edition Of Te

Monumental Nuremberg Chronicle, In Splendid Contemporary ooled Binding,Each Illustration With Vivid Original Hand-Coloring

3. (NUREMBERG CHRONICLE) SCHEDEL, Hartmann. Das Buch der Croniken. Nuremberg, 12 July 1493. Tall foliocontemporary alum-tawed pigskin over beveled wooden boards, elaborately blind-tooled covers, raised bands, remnants of claspsand catches, later endpapers. Price upon request

First German edition of the extraordinary Nuremberg Chronicle, the most profusely illustrated book of the 15th century,featuring the rst modern map of Europe and Ptolemys map of the world. Tis copy exceptional for its 1809 woodcuts (somedesigned by the young Albrecht Durer), all colored in contemporary hand in red, blue, green and gold. In beautiful contemporaryelaborately tooled binding.

Schedel compiled this elaborate history of the world in an eort to correct what he felt was a slight to German history by other

chroniclers. He divided his work into the usual six ages of the history of mankind, adding a seventh in which he foretold thecoming of the Antichrist, the destruction of the world, and judgment day. e great fame of the volume rests on its illustrationsmost copies of this book are in the original black and white, and only rarely are contemporary hand-colored copies such as this one

found. ere are 1809 woodcuts printed from 645 dierent blocks Nuremberg artists Michael Wolgemut and WilhelmPleydenwur were responsible for the production of the book e wood blocks were designed by the two masters and theirassistants, including the young Albrecht Drer, who was apprenticed to Wolgemut at the time. e printing was carried out under

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the supervision of the great scholar-printer Anton Koberger, whoseillustrated books were famous throughout Europe (Legacies ofGenius 5). e unusually detailed woodcuts, many full- and double-page, feature the rst modern map of Europe (double-page), Ptolemysmap of the world, and an extraordinary two-page illustration of thedestruction of Jerusalem; biblical subjects include Adam and Eve andthe building of the ark by Noah; cities include Nineveh, Rome,Nuremberg (showing the rst German paper mill), Warsaw,

Budapest, Venice, Basle, Paris; historical personages include theVenerable Bede, Wicli, Boethius, Cato, Dante, St. Augustine,Charlemagne, and St. Catherineall vividly colored by a contempo-rary hand.

e illustrations in this work represent a landmark in the history ofwood-cutting: e peculiarity of the cuts in the NurembergChronicle is that they generally contain more of what engraversterm color [shading to render form] than any which had previ-ously appeared (Chatto & Jackson,A Treatise on Wood-Engraving).is copy with the portrait of Pope Joan (leaf CLXIX, verso) and the

accompanying text intact and unadulterateda contemporary

owner has crossed out the text and caption and made marginal notes

in Latin, but the text is still perfectly legible, and the portrait, usu-ally severely defaced, is untouched. Text in German. Planned simul-taneously with the Latin edition, the German edition was com-pleted about ve months later. It was printed in a smaller numberthan the Latin (according to Wilson, approximately 1500 Latin copies were printed and 1000 in German), and that ratioreected in survival rates of the two editions. A 1509 nal settlement of accounts shows that the editions were distributed vagents as far aeld as London, Paris, Buda, Prague, Milan and Florence, and as close to home as Augsburg. Hain-Coping14508. Map of Europe trimmed and restored. Paragraph of text on folio CLXIX verso crossed through, some leaves with rpairs and occasional spotting. Original binding slightly darkened in excellent condition overall and quite beautiful. An etraordinary copy, most rare and desirable with vivid contemporary hand-coloring.

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Four Crucial Documents In Te History Of Virginia And America,Ordered Printed By Te Virginia Assembly In 1784: Te First Virginia Printings Of Te Ratied

Articles Of Confederation And Te reaty Of Paris, And Te First Virginia PrintingsSince 1776 Of Te Declaration Of Rights And Virginia Constitution

4. (VIRGINIA). Te Articles of Confederation; Te Declaration of Rights; Te Constitution of this Commonwealthand Te Articles of the Denitive reaty Between Great-Britain a[n]d the United States of America. Richmond, [Virginia]

Printed by Dixon and Holt, [1784 or 1785]. 12mo, sewn as issued, uncut and unopened, in contemporary decorative wallpaperwrappers, custom red half-morocco slipcase; pp. 25. Housed in a custom clamshell box. $75,000

An exceptional copy of this rare and important ocial publication of the Commonwealth of Virginia, a collection of fourfoundational government documents of Virginia and the United States. Commissioned by the Virginia General AssemblyTe work contains the rst Virginia printings of the ratied Articles of Confederation (Americas rst national constitution

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which Virginia was the rst state to ratify) and the reaty of Paris (the peace treaty that ended the American Revolution)also contains the rst Virginia printings since 1776 of two of the most profoundly important documents in American histothe Virginia Declaration of Rights (the rst American Bill of Rights and a direct inuence on the Declaration of Independencand the Virginia Constitution (the rst permanent state constitution).

e Virginia General Assembly commissioned and paid for the printing of this work, and page 2 contains the text of tresolution (approved by the House of Delegates on November 27, 1784, and the Senate on December 8, 1784) ordering ththese four specic documents be printed and bound together and distributed through the several counties in like mannand proportion as the laws are directed to be distributed; and that the Executive be moreover required to send one copy every County Court Clerk, to be by him kept among the records of the same, accessible to all who may think proper to consthem. e work was printed in late 1784 or early 1785 in an edition of 1800 copies (Swem, 1075).

is work contains the rst Virginia printing of the ratied Articles of Confederation. (Earlier Virginia printings, in 1777 a1778, were years before the nal ratication.) e Articles of Confederation was Americas rst national constitutioproviding the governmental framework for the embattled new nation during the Revolution and the tumultuous years thfollowed. e Articles created a loose confederation between the thirteen states, each retaining its sovereignty, freedom, anindependence, and a very weak central government with only limited powers. Acting on the instructions from the FiVirginia Convention, in June 1776 Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution in the Second Continental Congress proposithat the colonies declare independence, form foreign alliances, and create a plan for confederation of the colonies. Articles of Confederation were initially draed by a committee headed by John Dickinson in 1776. Aer much debate aalmost complete rewriting, they were adopted by the Continental Congress in November 1777 and sent to the states f

ratication. Virginia was the rst state to ratify the Articles, in December 1777. But the other states, fearful of central authorand of each other, delayed nal ratication until 1781. e Articles remained in eect from March 1781 until March 178when they were replaced by the U. S. Constitution. is work also contains the rst Virginia printing of the Treaty of Parthe peace treaty between Great Britain and the United States that ended the Revolutionary War, recognized Americindependence, and established borders for the new nation. e treaty was signed in September 1783 and ratied by Congrein January 1784.

Two of the most profoundly important documents in American history are the Virginia Declaration of Rights (adoptJune 12, 1776), the rst American Bill of Rights; and the Virginia Constitution (adopted June 29, 1776), the rst permanestate constitution. ese historic documents were critical precursors and direct inuences on other major Americfounding documents, including the Declaration of Independence (parts of which were copied more or less directly frothe Virginia Declaration of Rights, Lutz, 154), the constitutions of nearly all the states, and the U.S. Constitution and Bof Rights. ough George Mason was the primary author of both documents, James Madison, omas Jeerson, and oth

founders made signicant contributions. e Declaration of Rights was the rst protection of the rights of the individuto be contained in a constitution adopted by the people acting through an elected convention. e Virginia Declaratiwas the rst document that may truly be called an American bill of rights (Schwartz, 67, 72). Most of the rights latprotected by the federal Bill of Rights were rst constitutionally guaranteed in the Virginia Declaration of Rights, includithe First Amendments assurance of the free exercise of religion and freedom of the press, the Second Amendmenguarantee of the right to bear arms, the Fourth s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures, the assurance of due procof law and the privilege against self-incrimination found in the Fih Amendment (George Mason Lectures, 18). appearance of these two critica l documents here are the rst since their 1776 printings in the excessively rare Ordinancof the Fih Virginia Convention.

is printing of the Declaration of Rights is signicant because all of the 1776 printings (in the ocial Proceedings aOrdinances of the Fih Virginia Convention, in broadsides, in newspapers) have always been extraordinarily rare and anow virtually unobtainable. Despite the widespread fame of the Virginia declaration, it was almost impossible to come by

copy of the ocial text in America for nearly forty years Because the Convention adopted and published the DeclarationRights separately from the Virginia constitution, even though the delegates intended the declaration as a foreword to tconstitution, subsequent compilations oen overlooked the former (Selby, 103-4). Evans 19349, 18818. Text completely uncand unopened, and in remarkably fresh and ne condition. Wrappers of contemporary wallpaper paper, also in excellent conditiwith only minor wear along edge, are slightly smaller than text pages (4-1/2 by 6-7/8 inches as opposed to 4-3/4 by 7-1/2 incheis work very rarely appears on the market; this is one of only four copies that have been at auction in the last 35 years.

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georgebarbier/vaslavnijinskyOne Of Only 50 Signed By George Barbier: Limited First Edition In English OfNijinsky,

With 12 Splendid Hand-Colored En Pochoir Illustrations By Barbier

5. (NIJINSKY, Vaslav) BARBIER, George and MIOMANDRE, Francis de. Designs on the Dances of Vaslav Nijinsky.

London, 1913. Tall, slim folio (11 by 15-1/2 inches), original printed paper wrappers. $19,000.Limited rst edition in English of this lavish visual tribute to the great Nijinsky, with 12 striking full-page line blocks byGeorge Barbier, hand-colored en pochoir. Tis copy number 46 of only 50 copies signed by Barbier, Francis de Miomandre,and the editor.

We have our despair, our sadness, our violated love and this thing, most dread of allthe passing of the days betweenour hands, helpless to cherish aught they give. But in the spring, the Russian Ballets and NIJINSKY return. And all isforgotten (Francis de Miomandre). is glowing tribute is illustrated with 12 full-page, pochoir-colored line blocks ofNijinsky in his various roles by Art Deco legend George Barbier, who began his career as a costume and set designer forthe Ballet Russes. Renowned for his achievement in costume and fashion illustration, his art work is epitomized by acharacteristically elegant, stylized line. From a total edition of only 400 numbered copies; this copy is also much tallerthan the unsigned issue, which had about three inches trimmed from the lower margin. Bit of light wear and toning to

fragile original wrappers, with two small stains to upper right corner of front wrapper. Plates clean and ne. A magnicentcopy in original wrappers, most rare and desirable signed by Barbier.

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walt whitmanI Send Te wo Volumes o You Te wo Embody All My Works:

1876 Editions Of WhitmansLeaves Of Grass And Two Rivulets, Both Signed By Him,With wo Autograph Letters From Whitman o Te Owner Of Tis Copy Discussing

Te Purchase Of Tese Books Directly From Whitman

8. WHITMAN, Walt. Leaves of Grass. WITH: wo Rivulets. Camden, 1876. Two volumes. Octavo, original marbled boardssympathetically rebacked and recornered in 1935, retaining original yellow endpapers. $20,000

Authors Edition of Leaves of Grass, signed in ink on the title page by Walt Whitman. Accompanied by the rst and only edition,second printing, of wo Rivulets, inscribed Walt Whitman, 1880-81, on the original albumen photograph portrait thaserves as a frontispiece. With two autograph letters signed by Whitman from 1881 to the owner of these books, discussing their

purchase directly from the poet.

e rst letter is dated January 6, 1881, on a plain card measuring 4-1/2 by 4 inches, and reads: Dear Sir, Yours of 4th recd wilsend you the books with pleasureI would mail them now, only I suppose it wd better for me to notify you rst of the price whichis $10Walt Whitman. I prefer a p.o. money order. e second letter is dated February 2, 1881, on a similarly sized plain cardDear Sir, Yours of Jan 31 just recd. No such letter of 22d nor p.o. order has reached me & of course none has been paid by p.o. hereI see that Jan 6 I sent you my circular in answer to previous letter from youthat is the only correspondenceI have sent nothingheard nothing, recd nothing since. But as in all such cases I consider it my obligation & loss. I send the two volumes to you, samemail with thisthe two embody all my worksthe little vols being only selections from them in duplicate. Walt Whitman.

Whitman was and is the poet and prophet of democracy, and the intoxication of his immense armative, the fervor of hisbarbaric yawp, are so powerful that the echo of his rhythmic song rings forever in the American air (GrolierAmerican 100 67)is, the Authors Edition ofLeaves of Grass, is the h edition, third printing, second issue, and is complete with both portraitsand an advertisement leaf inserted between rear yleaves. Two Rivulets is the rst and only edition, second printing, one of only600 copies. Myerson A2.5.c2 and A.9.1.b. Expert reinforcement to inner paper hinges of both volumes. Leaves of Grass with lighwear and one repair to brittle fore-edges of preliminary leaves only. A very good set, most desirable signed by Whitman in eachvolume and with signed correspondence from the poet discussing the books.

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edgarallanpoee Raven And Other Poems, 1845:

Te Most Important Book Of Poetry Tat Had Been Issued Up o Tat ime In America,With Te ipped-In Clipped Inscription And Signature Of Edgar Allan Poe

9. POE, Edgar Allan. Te Raven and Other Poems. New York, 1845. Octavo, early 20th-century full maroonmorocco gilt. $30,000.

First edition, of the most important volume of poetry that had been issued up to that time in America (Grolier 100American 56), with the scarce half title and publishers advertisements, with a tipped-in clipped signature of EdgarAllan Poe tipped in, handsomely bound by H. Jackel.

In addition to the title poem, this work contains, among others, e Conqueror Worm, e Haunted Palace, andthe nal and immeasurably superior version of To Helen, Poes proof that e Poetic Principle does work in practiceand places no fetter on genius. Poe considered e Raven to be his nest poemindeed, he was quoted as saying itwas the nest poem ever written. e Raven was inspired partly by the poems of Elizabeth Barrett (to whom Poededicated this volume) and by the portrayal in Dickens Barnaby Rudge of Grip, the raven, who sits in a jail cell withthe imprisoned Barnaby, casting a haunting shadow on the oor. e publication of e Raven brought Poe immediate

fame and far surpassed the popularity of any previous American poem. Barrett wrote to Poe that it has produced asensation, a t horror, here in England. Some of my friends are taken by the fear of it, and some by the music. I hear ofpersons haunted by the Nevermore, and one acquaintance of mine who has the misfortune of possessing a bust ofPallas never can bear to look at it in the twilight (Meyers, 164). With scarce half title and publishers advertisements.Heartman & Canny, 97. Biondi, 48. BAL 16147. Embrowning to clipped signature and osetting to facing page,occasional scattered foxing to text, binding ne. A near-ne copy, handsomely bound.

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jamesjoyceHumptydump Dublin Squeaks Trough His Norse Humptydump Dublin

Hath A Horrible Vorse And With All His Kinks English Plus His Irismanx BroguesHumptydump Dublins Grandada Of All Rogues:

One Of Only 100 Signed Copies Of Joyces Haveth Childers Everywhere

10. JOYCE, James. Haveth Childers Everywhere. Paris; New York, 1930. Slim folio, original printed paper wraps, glassinegreen cardboard slipcase. $23,000

First edition, number 89 of only 100 signed copies on Imperial Hand-Made Iridescent Japan paper, out of a total edition of 685 copies. Anexceptional copy.

is is one of several fragments from Work in Progress (published in 1939 asFinnegans Wake) that Joyce issued to raise money while working on themammoth project. One of the publishers, Jack Kahane, who idolized Joyce,had originally asked Sylvia Beach to allow him to take over publication ofUlysses. Instead, she introduced Kahane to Joyce, who then agreed to let himpublish Haveth Childers Everywhere. e eort nearly ruined Kahane, andonly by selling the American rights to the work were he and co-publisherHenry Babou able to save themselves from bankruptcy. When Faber andFaber was preparing the rst London editions ofAnna Livia Plurabelle andHaveth Childers Everywhere (1930 and 1931 respectively), Joyce wroterhymes for the blurb on the dust jacket. [e Haveth Childersverse is quotedabove in the headline] He was a little annoyed when the publicity

department used them only on a mimeographed publicity release(Ellmann, 617n). Without rare gilt chemise, as sometimes. According toSlocum and Cahoon, only some copies are found with this chemise; copieswithout are considered to be complete as issued. Slocum and Cahoon A41.Tape repairs to slipcase, mild toning to glassine, book ne. A beautiful signedcopy in exceptional condition. Rare.

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j.d. salingerNew York, N.Y. March 15, 1952, With Best Wishes, J.D. Salinger:

Exceptionally Scarce First Edition, Early Issue OfCatcher In e Rye,Inscribed And Dated By J.D. Salinger

11. SALINGER, J.D. Te Catcher in the Rye. Boston, 1952. Octavo, original black cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshellbox. $65,000.

First edition, early issue, of Salingers rst booka 20th-century classican exceedingly rare copy inscribed anddated by him within months of publication, New York, N.Y. March 15, 1952 With best wishes, J.D. Salinger.

In American writing, there are three perfect books, which seem to speak to every reader and condition: HuckleberryFinn, e Great Gatsby and e Catcher in the Rye. Of the three, only Catcher denes an entire region of humanexperience: it is the handbook of the adolescent heart (New Yorker). is novel is a key-work of the 1950s in that thetheme of youthful rebellion is rst adumbrated in it, though the hero, Holden Cauleld, is more a gentle voice of protest,unprevailing in the noise, than a militant world-changer e Catcher in the Rye was a symptom of a need, aer aghastly war and during a ghastly pseudo-peace, for the young to raise a voice of protest against the failures of the adultworld. e young used many voicesanger, contempt, self-pitybut the quietest, that of a decent perplexed American

adolescent, proved the most telling (Anthony Burgess, 99 Novels, 53-4). is very early printing, published only sixmonths aer the rst printing, is inscribed and dated by Salinger eight months aer that rst edition. e scarcity ofSalinger autograph material is legendary; since its publication in 1951, only a handful of inscribed copies of Catcher in the

Rye have appeared on the market. Book issued January 1952, six months aer the July 1951 rst printing; early issuedust jacket with printed publishers re-pricing of $1.50. See Starosciak A30; Bixby A2. Text fresh with only light scatteredfoxing, mainly to preliminaries, slight edge-wear to cloth; colorful dust jacket spine with faint toning, mild dampstaining.A most desirable extremely good inscribed copy.

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walt disneyPre-Publication Limited Edition OfDisneys Pinocchio, Produced For Te Copyright Oce

Tis Copy Inscribed By Disney o His Studios Head Of Marketing

12. DISNEY, Walt. Walt Disneys Version of Pinocchio. New York, 1939. Quarto, spiral-bound as issued, original beige cloth46 leaves, text and images on rectos only, rst and last leaves blank, custom clamshell box. $16,800

Very rare limited rst American edition, one of only 100 copies printed for legal copyright (preceding the published trade edition)boldly inscribed on the copyright page to the head of Disneys merchandise marketing: o Kay Kamen, With My Best Wishes,Walt Disney.

Walt Disneys second full-length animated feature, Pinocchio, based on Carlo Collodis beloved tale of the puppet whobecomes a real boy (rst serialized in Italian between 1881-83), would not debut in theaters until 1940. Because animatedproduction took several years, lmmakers sought to copyright the lms elements in advance of the nished project. Bypublishing the story and character designs in book form and putting the book on public sale (oen in the Disney studio store)

copyright would then be legal ly established. is limited pre-publication issue records the development of the lm throughrough pencil sketches of the characters and sequence-by-sequence story-boards outlining the plot. e nished cloth-boundtrade edition appeared toward the end of 1939, in order to promote the lms imminent release in February 1940. An additionacopyright version was published in London, also in a limited edition of 100 copies. e recipient of this copy, Disney merchandisemarketing director, Kay Kamen developed a relationship with Walt and Roy Disney that was much deeper than a businessrelationship [It] was also a very important friendship (Diane Disney Miller). Inscription bold and crisp, faint staining to coverlabel, light rubbing to extremities of original cloth. A very scarce Disney title, in near-ne condition.

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beatrixpotterMy Own Favorite Amongst My Little Books:

Tailor Of Gloucester, One Of Only 500 Privately Printed Copies, Wonderful Association Copy

13. POTTER, Beatrix. Te ailor of Gloucester. London, December, 1902. 12mo, original pictorial pink boards, custoclamshell box. $12,0

rue rst edition, one of only 500 privately printed copies, of Potters second book, which she called my own favorite amonmy little books, with frontispiece and 15 illustrations in color, three of which do not appear in the rst trade edition October, 1903. A wonderful association copy, with a gi inscription to Margaret Lane, Potters rst biographer, from LesLinder, who rst decoded Potters secret writing, written in both English and Potters secret code.

Inspired by a real-life incident involving a tailors eorts to nish a waistcoat for the new mayor ofGloucester, this book was Potters own favorite of all her stories Fairy tale, nursery rhyme andArcadian fantasy all come together for a moment in perfect balance (Carpenter, 148). Evidentlywith some regret, Beatrix Potter [deleted from the rst trade edition] eight or nine pages of text[which appear in this edition] is is the part of the story which contained the majority of herrhymes and verses (Linder 117). Quinby 3. Linder, 420. Tipped to the front endpapers are giinscriptions from Leslie Linder to Margaret Lane, dated 1966. Engineer Leslie Linder wrote

numerous books on Potter and is well-known for being the rst to decipher the code in whichPotter wrote in her journals; the Potter collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum was donatedprincipally by Linder. Recipient Margaret Lane was the rst biographer of Potter, also publishingnumerous works on her. e inscription, in both English and Potters secret code, reads: For MargaretLane as a token of appreciation for her generous gi of Potters 1875 Sketch Book, and for the otherBeatrix Potter items. from Leslie Linder, 19-2-66. Interior ne, a bit of toning to fragile original boardsand a few spots to fore-edge. An extremely good copy with a wonderful provenance.

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ulyssess. grantFirst Edition Of MorrisMemorial Record Of e Nations Tribute To Abraham Lincoln, 1865,

General Ulysses S. Grants Own Copy With His Name Gilt-Stamped On Te Front Board

14. (GRANT, Ulysses S.) (LINCOLN) MORRIS, Benjamin Franklin. Memorial Record of the Nations ribute to AbrahamLincoln. Washington, 1865. Octavo, original black- and gilt-stamped brown morocco. $18,500

First edition, association copy, of this account of Lincolns death [and] also funeral services across the continent (Monaghan637), with frontispiece portrait of Lincoln and ve additional plates, in publishers morocco-gilt. Lieutenant General (and

future president) Ulysses S. Grants own copy with his name gilt-stamped on the front board.

is volume, released just months aer Lincolns death, was intended as both a memorial and as a historical record. In it, compilerBenjamin Franklin Morris intended to reproduce, in a condensed and connected form, from the public journals of Washingtonand of the cities through which the illustrious dead was conveyed to his burial place, the graphic pen-pictures painted by theaccomplished reporters of the public press (Introduction). e work spans the entire period of the Lincoln assassination, beginningwith the days and events leading up to his death, including accounts of his assassination, death, and funeral, and then ending withthe moving tributes that took place all over the world.. is copy bears Ulysses S. Grants name and rank gilt-stamped on thefront board. From the beginning of the Civil War, Lincoln recognized Grants potential. ough Grant was known to strugglewith alcoholism and people were quick to blame the Unions setbacks on Grant, Lincoln adamantly supported Grant. Lincolnparried pressures to remove Grant with the words, I cant spare this man; he ghts (ANB). Lincoln and Grant were largelycredited, jointly, with winning the war. Aer Lincolns assassination, Grant was the most popular man in the North (ANB)Grants ownership of the volume reects the strength of their partnership and the friendship he must have felt toward a manwho supported him even when the rest of the Union did not. Occasional foxing mainly to preliminary and concluding paging, afew stains and a bit of wear to binding. An extremely good copy with an unparalleled association.

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ulyssess. grantInscribed And Dated By Ulysses S. Grant Only Weeks Before His Election As Americas 18th Preside

His Own Copy OfCorrespondence Relative To Mexico, 1862, Detailing ense Early DiplomaticNegotiations Between Lincoln, His Cabinet, Congress And Te Republic Of Mexico

15. (GRANT, Ulysses S.) (LINCOLN, Abraham). Correspondence Relative to the Present Condition of Mexico Washing

1862. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter black morocco. $20,0

First edition, a very scarce association copy belonging to Ulysses S. Grant, containing a record of ocial diplomcorrespondence between Lincolns Secretary of State Seward, U.S. diplomats and the Republic of Mexico under President Juathis exceptional copy inscribed, U.S. Grant, Lt. General, Army, Washington, D.C. October 21st 1868, a major volume detaitense early months in Lincolns presidency amidst the turmoil of the Civil War, inscribed by Grant shortly before his election

Americas 18th President on November 3, 1868, in contemporary morocco.

In 1864 Lincoln promoted Grant to the rank of lieutenant general of the Army of the United States, placing him in chaof the Union Army. In only four years, on November 3, 1868, Grant was elected Americas 18th President. is 1862 voluof ocial documentsGrants own copy and inscribed by himunites the two men and their presidencies in detaildiplomatic relations between the U.S. and Mexico early in Lincolns presidency (April 1861 to April 1862), and in speakto Grants formative experience in the U.S.-Mexico War, where he served as a young ocer. ere, despite reservati

about the war itself, Grant learned something about himself under re Aware that he might be hit and perhaps ekilled, he accepted those chances as a functioning of fate (Simpson, 46). It was also there that Grant met many of ocers who would be his opponents or his fellow Union generals in the Civil War, and his sharp memory would dividends later on, for he could oen guess what they would do in command based on how they had behaved in Mex(Korda, 41). is volumes extensive collection of ocial documents reveals the intricacy of international diplomacy way that would hold importance to Grant as he began his own presidency. Occasional faint penciled marginalia. A inscribed copy with an especially memorable association.

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theenglishbibleComplexity Reduced o A Minimum Of Simplicity:Te Magnicent Doves Press English Bible, 1903-07

16. (BIBLE). Te English Bible. Containing the Old estament & Te New. Hammersmith, 1903-05. Five volumes. Folio (9-1/2by 13-1/2 inches), contemporary full burgundy morocco gilt, elaborately gilt-decorated burgundy and navy morocco doublureswith red and green morocco onlays; custom slipcases. $11,000

One of the landmarks of 20th-century printing: the magnicent Doves Press Bible, one of only 500 copies, very beautifullybound by Stikeman in full morocco.

e Doves Press, founded in 1900 by T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and Emery Walker, was one of the greatest of the private pressesBooks printed at the Doves Press are characterized by a stark simplicity, dependent for their beauty almost entirely upon theclarity of the type, the excellence of the layout, and the perfection of the presswork (Cave, 147). Doves imprints are scarcewhen the press closed in 1913, Cobden-Sanderson cast all the type o the Hammersmith Bridge into the amesto remainuntouched for other use (Ransom, Private Presses and eir Books, 59). When it is said that they [Doves Press books]approach dangerously near to absolute perfection in composition, presswork, and page placement, everything has been saideir peculiarly individual quality is entire absence of decoration. Not a single oret appears; besides the characters of a simpleroman alphabet there is only a paragraph mark. True, there are drawn initials occasionally and a marvellously accurate use oredand such a redbut that is all. And that all is magnicent. e great red initial I that dominates and yet xes exactlythe opening page of Genesis in the Doves Bible is a pattern for all time of complexity reduced to the minimum of simplicity. Oapproximately y publications issued between 1901 and 1916, the outstanding item is the complete Bible, published in velarge quarto volumes e Doves Bible and the Kelmscott Chaucer stand side by side upon the highest peak of typographicaaccomplishment, utterly dissimilar yet with the same element of greatness incontestible. ough popular belief holds theGutenberg Bible to be the most beautiful book ever printed, these two monumental volumes prove once more that popularbelief may be inaccurate (Ransom, 56). A ne copy of a magnicent production.

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kingjamesbibleExtra-Illustrated With 124 Splendid Double-Page Plates By 17th-Century Dutch And

Flemish Masters Such As Rubens, De Vos, De Bruyn, Bloemaert, And Jordaens:Monumental 1679 Large Folio Edition Of Te King James Bible

17. BIBLE. Te Holy Bible Containing the Old estament and the New Amsterdam, 1679. ick folio (12 by 18 inche

contemporary full black morocco rebacked with original elaborately gilt-decorated spine and covers preserved, renewed braclasps and catches. $32,0

Excellent 1679 large folio edition of the King James Bible, with engraved title page and six engraved double-page maps. Tcopy extra-illustrated with 124 large and lovely double-page engraved plates by Nicholas Visscher aer paintings and desigby Peter Paul Rubens, Marten de Vos, Nicolaes de Bruyn, Abraham Bloemaert, Jacob Jordaens, and several other Flemish aDutch masters. Tis suite of engravings was issued and purchased separately and bound in by the original owner, and theillustrations are infrequently found in this (or any) edition.

First published in 1611, the King James Bible has exercised an incalculable impact on piety, language and literature throughout tEnglish-speaking world. Macaulay praised it as a book, which if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suto show the whole extent of its beauty and power (PMM 114). Almost all of the large plates were nely engraved by Dutch masengraver Nicholas Visscher, aer the paintings and drawings of a number of renowned Flemish and Dutch masters, including

by Peter Paul Rubens. e Visscher family was the dominant force in mapmaking during the Golden Age of Dutch cartographese illustrations were issued separately at various points during the latter decades of the 17th century, with varying numbersplates; the captions here are in Latin. Very few copies of this (or any) Bible are seen with these illustrationsthe maps, howeveare integral. Bound with a contemporary edition of Sternhold and Hopkins popular metrical psalter. Darlow & Moule 58Herbert 743. Seventeenth-century family register on front yleaf, likely of the original owner, and 18th-century family regison four pages of rear blanks. Occasional foxing, a few expertly repaired marginal tears, engraved and letterpress title pagrehinged with minor marginal restoration. A beautifully bound copy of this lavishly illustrated Bible, in excellent condition.

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franklind. rooseveltInscribed By FDR o A Friend And Colleague In Te Navy:

Maclays History Of e United States Navy

18. (ROOSEVELT, Franklin D.) MACLAY, Edgar Stanton. A History of the United States Navy, from 1775 to 1893. New York, 1894. Two volumes bound in four. Octavo, contemporary three-quarter deep purple morocco; original clothbound in. $7500.

Second edition of Maclays illustrated history of the U.S. Navy, presentation-association copy inscribed by FranklinDelano Roosevelt to the Chief Clerk, Department of the Navy, not long aer Roosevelt nished his service as AssistantSecretary of the Navy: o Frank S. Curtis, from his old friend Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1921.

Frank Curtis was Chief Clerk, Department of the Navy, from 1900 to 1921. Roosevelt was appointed Assistant Secretary ofthe Navy in 1913 and served until 1920 when he was nominated as a Vice Presidential candidate. Roosevelt specialized inthe business end of running the Navy, so he and Curtis certainlyworked closely together. Interestingly, the summer of 1921 waswhen Roosevelt contracted polio. Volume I of Maclays History

covers the Revolution, the Wars with France, Tripoli and the Warof 1812. Volume II covers numerous minor wars and expeditionsbefore the Civil War, the Civil War itself, and subsequent minorwars up to 1893. First published in 1893, this edition incorporates atechnical revision by Lieutenant Roy C. Smith of the U.S. Navy.Joints expertly reinforced. A near-ne copy, handsomely bound,most desirable presented and signed by FDR.

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winstonchurchillInscribed By Winston Churchill o American Newspaper Reporter H.R. Knickerbocker

19. CHURCHILL, Winston. Arms and the Covenant. London, 1938. Octavo, original bluecloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $21,000.

First edition of this collection of Churchills speeches on foreign aairs and national defense,with a photographic frontispiece portrait, inscribed, From Winston S. Churchill to H.R.Knickerbocker, April 10, 1939. In scarce original dust jacket.

All but two of the speeches collected here were delivered by Churchill in the Commons in theyears leading up to the Second World War. Collected by Churchills son, Randolph, and reviseda second time by Churchill, these represent some of the best written by a man who devotedmore time than any other modern orator to the preparation of his speeches (Langworth, 190).e nest (and most ominous) pre-war warning of Winston Churchill occurs on [its]penultimate page Available in no other Churchill book the last four paragraphs of thatfamous speech on 24 March 1938 summarize the theme of this volume, a precursor to theocial theme of e Gathering Storm: How the English-speaking peoples through their unwisdom, carelessness, and go

nature allowed the wicked to re-arm (Langworth, 190). Churchills son Randolph was the editor of this volume. Cohen A10Woods A44(a). Langworth, 191. Hubert Renfro Knickerbocker was an American newspaper correspondent noted for his coveraof ird Reich politics and, later, the Battle of Britain and the invasions of Sicily and Normandy. Knickerbocker, writing for tPhiladelphia Public Ledgerand the New York Evening Post, won the 1931 Pulitzer Prize for a series of articles on Russias Five-YePlan. Interior ne; osetting of inscription to half title; light toning to spine. Light foxing to scarce, unrestored dust jacket.near-ne inscribed copy with excellent provenance.

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marktwainFirst Issue OfFollowing e Equator, 1897, Signed By wain,

Undoubtedly Mark wains Own Copy As It Was Purchased By Te Rosenbachs,With yped Letter Of Provenance Signed By John Fleming, Successor o Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach

20. TWAIN, Mark. Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World. Hartford,1897. Royal octavo, original navy cloth gilt, custom morocco box. $30,000.

First edition, rst issue, of wains nal travel book, boldly signed by him, with a laid-in 1957 letter at testing that this is wains copy, signed by New York rare book dealer

John Fleming, successor to Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach, who, aer Rosenbachs death in 1952, establi shed the prestigious FlemingRare Book Company with a collection worth $2 million purchased from the Rosenbach estate. With Flemings 1957 typedbill of sale laid in.

is exceptionally rare rst edition, signed by Twain, is accompanied by an authoritative letter of provenance from John FFleming, trusted long-time associate and the successor to renowned bibliophile Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach, whose name wassynonymous with great books To Dr. Rosenbach, more than to any other person, the rare book libraries of the United Stateowe, if not always their books, the philosophical concept of the importance of rare books (Wolf, 13). is laid-in letter, intypescript on Flemings letterhead and signed by him, reads: Dear Mr. Brewster: I have sent to you by book post insured todaythe copy of Clemens Following the Equator. is is undoubtedly Mark Twains own copy as it was purchased by the Rosenbachsfrom a Mrs. Coll ier who was either the executor of the estate or purchased it from the executor. As you know, Mark Twain diedin 1910, and the books were bought soon aer that by the Rosenbachs. You will also notice the old morocco cases which were

made about that time and would have been made only for a precious copy of a Mark Twain book. As a matter of fact, the prooof the matter is found in the copy ofe Prince and the Pauperwhich was presented to a Mr. Bartlett in 1881, and as you sawClemens came in possession of it later and signed his name in the same place on the front cover with the date of January 211909. ey are all in the exact same cases and are unquestionably from his library Flemings mention of Mrs. Collierpresumably is in reference to the widow of Robert J. Collier, Twains friend and editor of Colliers magazineMrs. Sally, asTwain liked to call her (Paine, 244). BAL 3451. Johnson, 65. McBride, 194. Binding mildly rubbed. A nearly ne signed copywith especially signicant documents of provenance.

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bernarddemontfauconFoundation Stones Of Scientic Archaeology: A Cornerstone Of Archaeological Knowledge,

With Nearly 1400 Fine 18th-Century Folio Engraved Plates In 15 Volumes

22. MONTFAUCON, Bernard de. LAntiquit Explique, et Represente en Figures. Paris, 1722, 1724. Fieen volumes inall. Folio (12 by 17 inches), contemporary full mottled calf gilt. $25,000.

Second edition, revised and corrected from the 1719 rst, with the ve-volume 1724 supplement. Magnicent set ofMontfaucons landmark work on classical archaeology, with nearly 1400 engraved plates (including approximately 250double-page and folding plates). A splendid copy in beautiful full contemporary calf-gilt.

De Montfaucon (1655-1741), a Benedictine of the Congregation of Saint-Maur devoted to historical and ecclesiasticalscholarship, pioneered the studies of Greek paleography and archaeology. HisAntiquit surveyed in een volumes thesocial and artistic aspects of the ancient civilizations; and the unnishedMonuments de la Monarchie Franaise tried to do thesame for early French history. ese works can well be called foundation stones of scientic archaeology (Printing and theMind of Man 175). In preparing LAntiquit de Montfaucon received contributions and assistance from many of the greatestEuropean collections of antiquities of the period; most of these are credited adjacent to each of their respective illustrations.As this work has never been completely replaced, it still conserves its long-standing value Beautiful copies are not easy tocome by (Brunet 28960). In spite of the imperfections that are impossible to avoid in such an immense work one cannotdeny that it has contributed to the spread, particularly in France, of the interest in archaeology, or that he did not advance thisscience among us (Biographie Universelle). Text in French and Latin. First published in 1719, in an edition of 1800 copies thatsold out in two months despite its enormous size and expense. Cicognara 2493. Armorial bookplate on verso of each title page.Owner signature, dated 1837. Bookplates. Interior generally clean. Expert restoration to contemporary calf, mostly joints andspine ends. A monumental work, most desirable in beautiful contemporary calf-gilt.

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marcusaureliusTe Most Human Of All Books: 1634 First English ranslation Of Marcus Aurelius Meditation

23. AURELIUS, Marcus. Te Roman Emperor, His Meditations Concerning Himselfe: reating of a Naturall Mahappinesse; Wherein it consisteth, and of the meanes to attaine unto it. London, 1634. Small quarto, contemporary full browmorocco gilt, custom clamshell box. $16,0

First edition of the rst English translation of one of the worlds great classics (Rosenbach) of Stoic philosophy.

eMeditations have been considered by many one of the great books of all time [and as] the most human of all book(Britannica). Wisdom, justice, fortitude and temperance are the qualities that Aurelius, stoic and practical moralist, identiesmost essential for co-existence; his writings represent an early and inuential philosophy of humanism. His Meditations arcollection of maxims and thoughts in the spirit of the Stoic philosophy, which breathe the purist sentiments of piety abenevolence (Peck, 90). No one would now dare write a book like Marcus Aurelius To Himself, or, as we call it in English, Meditations, and present it to the world as philosophy. He didnt either. But once published, these, his most intimate thoughwere considered among the most precious of all philosophical utterances by his contemporaries, by all Western Civilization athey returned to favor at the Renaissance, and most especially by the Victorian English, amongst whom e Meditations wahousehold book (Rexroth, Classics Revisited, 112). is translation by Meric Casaubon (son of the great scholar Isaac Casaubois the rst directly into English; Casaubons elegant and scholarly translation was still being reprinted in the 20th century. 1643, Casaubon edited, with notes, a Latin edition of the Meditations (DNB).With woodcut initials and type-ornamenwithout folding plate depicting Roman pottery found in some copies. With side notes. STC 962. Palmer, 16. Harris, 100. SBrueggemann I:342-43. Graesse, 153. Early owner annotations and underlining. Armorial bookplate. Interior clean and widmargined. Light staining to bottom margin of quires C and D. Expert repair to spine.

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charlesdickensTe One Great Christmas Myth Of Modern Literature:

Beautiful First Issue OfA Christmas Carol

24. DICKENS, Charles. A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being A Ghost Story of Christmas. London, 1843. Small octavooriginal cinnamon cloth gilt, custom morocco clamshell box. $38,000

First edition, rst issue of this Christmas classic, with four hand-colored steel-engraved plates by John Leech, the only oneof Dickens rst editions to contain hand-colored illustrations. An exceptional copy, fresh and beautiful in unrestoredoriginal cloth.

A Christmas Carolmay readily be called the Bible of Christmas It was issued about ten days before Christmas, 1843, and6000 copies were sold on the rst day the number of reprintings have been so many that all attempts at the gures havebeen futile. Altogether 24 editions were issued in the original format (Eckel, 110). It was a work written at the height oDickens great powers, which would add to his considerable fame, bring a new work to the English language, increase thefestivities at Christmastime, and contain his most eloquent protest at the condition of the poor (John Mortimer). Suddenlyconceived and written within a few weeks, [A Christmas Carol] was the rst of Dickens Christmas books (a new literarygenre thus created incidentally) it was an extraordinary achievementthe one great Christmas myth of modern litera-ture. e publication history ofA Christmas Carolis bibliographically complex. Dickens wanted the Carolto be a beautifugi book and took pride in its development. He stipulated the following requirements: a fancy binding, blind-stamped, with

gilding on the spine and front cover; all edges gilded; four full-page hand-colored etchings; half title and title pages printedin colors of bright red and green; and hand-colored green endpapers to match the green title page However, in examiningprinted copies prior to publication, Dickens was disap-pointed with the appearance of the green titles, whichturned drab, and the hand-colored green endpapers,which dusted o and smudged, and had the title pagechanged to red and blue, the half title to blue, the date onthe title page changed from 1844 to 1843, and the endpa-pers changed to yellow, which did not require handwork Since Dickens instructions to discontinue theunsatisfactory titles and endpapers were received at thepress before publication, at a time when there were on

hand dierent quantities of endpapers, title pages, andsheets of printed text already produced, many copies arefound with a mixture of features (Gimbel A79). is copyrst issue, with blue and red title page dated 1843, half titleand verso of title page printed in blue, Stave I on page[1], and light green endpapers, with the four color plates.First-issue copies appear with either yellow or green end-papers, no priority established; this copy has green endpa-pers. Binding matches Todds rst impression, rst issue,with the closest interval between blindstamped borderand gilt wreath equal to 14-15 mm, and with the D inDickens unbroken (Smith II:4). Eckel, 110-125. SmithII:4-6, 8-9. Bookplate, small ink stamp stating rst edi-

tion, small catalogue clipping all on front pastedown.Previous owners old ink notes on a tipped in slip of paper.Green endpapers a bit rubbed, far less than usual. Spinewith a slight lean; original cloth fresh and very nearly ne,gilt exceptionally bright. A beautiful unrestored copy, mostrare in this condition.

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ianflemingYou See, Weve Got All Te ime In Te World: Limited First Edition Of

On Her Majestys Secret Service, Signed By Ian Fleming

25. FLEMING, Ian. On Her Majestys Secret Service. London, 1963. Octavo, original half vellum gilt, mylar jacketcustom clamshell box. $17,500

Signed limited rst edition, one of only 250 copies signed by Ian Fleming, of the eleventh Bond novel, the only Bond titleissued in a limited edition, in which 007 takes a bride, only to have his happiness cut short by the schemes of hisarchnemesis, Ernst Blofeld.

e eleventh James Bond novelthe rst to be published aer the debut of the Bond lm seriesbecame an immediatebestseller on both sides of the Atlantic (Biondi & Pickard, 48, 53). By the time of publication, On Her Majestys SecreService had received nearly a quarter more subscriptions than any previous Flemingnovel (Lycett, 419). George Lazenby, in his only outing as the secret agent, starred in the1969 lm version, with Diana Rigg as Tracy and Telly Savalas as Blofeld. With colorfrontispiece portrait of Fleming. Published simultaneously with the trade edition.Without dust jacket, as issued; with original mylar jacket. Occasional scattered lightfoxing to rst few leaves only. Lightest rubbing to vellum spine. A ne copy; scarce.

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thomas paineTe Cause Of America Is Te Cause Of All Mankind:

Rare 1776 London Edition Of Tomas Paines Common Sense,Te Most Inuential ract Of Te American Revolution,

WithAdditions To Common Sense And Chalmers Plain Truth

26. [PAINE, omas] [CHALMERS, James]. Common Sense BOUND WITH

[CHALMERS, James] Plain ruth BOUND WITH: [PEMBERTON, John, et alAdditions to Common Sense. London, 1776. Octavo, contemporary full brownsheep gilt rebacked. $20,000

Rare 1776 London edition of Paines Common Sense, printed within months ofthe rst American edition, a work of such paramount interest to both Americaand Britain that this fourth London edition was issued almost certainly beforethe Declaration of Independencethat founding document whose issuance on

July 4, 1776 was due more to Paines Common Sense than to any one othersingle piece of writing, bound in one volume with the scarce second edition ofPlain ruth, considered the most famous answer to Paines advocacy forindependence in Common Sense (Howes), along with Additions to CommonSense by various authors.

e Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, was due more to Paines Common Sense than to any one other single pieceof writing (Grolier American 14). Common Sense was by far the most inuential tract of the American Revolution, and iremains one of the most brilliant pamphlets ever written in the English language (A Covenanted People 27). e 1776 Britisheditions, such as this copy, had a similar impact, greatly aecting public opinion and drawing many inuential Englishmen to

support the American cause. Common Sense turned thousands to independence who before could not endure the thought. Iworked nothing short of miracles and turned Tories into Whigs (Trevelyan).

is scarce fourth British edition ofCommon Sense, issued in 1776, the same year as the rst, contains Paines additionsincreasing the original work by one-third. Like most English editions, this contains hiatuses deleting material critical ofthe English crown and government to avoid prosecution. is copy is notably bound, as issued, with the second Britishedition of Plain Truth, one of the betterknown attacks on Common Sense.(Ironically Paine had once proposed giv-ing Common Sense that very title of PlainTruth.) In addition, this copy is boundwithAdditions to Common Sense : a collec-tion of ten essays responding to PainesCommon Sense (though none were writtenby Paine). All 1776 editions of CommonSense are rare and desirable and increas-ingly dicult to obtain. Interestingly,many of the hiatuses in this copy ofCommon Sense have been lled in withmanuscript shorthand phrases. Text very

fresh with light scattered foxing, onlymild soiling, with two rear leaves ofPlainTruth supplied from another copy. A mostrare extremely good copy.

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johnadamsLiberty And Te Laws Depend Entirely On A Separation Of [Powers]:

First Edition Of John Adams Magnum Opus, Defence Of e Constitutions Ofe United States, 1787, It Will Do Great Good In America (Jeerson)

27. ADAMS, John. A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. London, 1787.Octavo, contemporary full brown tree calf sympathetically rebacked in calf gilt. $16,000.

First edition of Adams important work on a constitutional separation of powers, his reasoned yet impassionedrendition of the case for checks and balances in government (McCullough), from the library of Adams contem-

porary, British diplomat and statesman Lord Rivers, with his armorial bookplate, most scarce in contemporarytree calf boards.

While acting as Americas minister in Great Britain, John Adams felt an urgency like that of 1776 A constitu-tional convention was in the ong, and as he had been impelled in 1776 to write his oughts on Government, soAdams plunged ahead now, books piled about him, his pen scratching away until all hours By early January 1787,Adams had rushed the rst installment of his eort to a London printer. Titled A Defence of the Constitutions ofGovernment of the United States of America copies were sent o at once to the United States and to Jeerson inParis (McCullough, 374). On its receipt, Jeerson replied, I have read your book with innite satisfaction andimprovement. It will do great good in America. Its learning and its good sense will, I hope, make it an institute for

our politicians (Sowerby, 3004). Adams Defencewas an expanded, more erudite rendition of thecase for checks and balances in government thathe had championed in his oughts on Government(1776) (McCullough, 75). First edition. Americanreprints appeared later the same year in New Yorkand Philadelphia (See Evans 20176, 20177). efollowing year Adams wrote a second and thirdvolume, and the entire work was issued in Londonin 1788 under a slightly expanded title. Howes A60.Sabin 233. Armorial bookplate of British statesmanGeorge Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers, with his coat of arms

displaying the motto Aequam Servare Mentem(To Preserve a Calm Mind). A contemporary ofJohn Adams, Lord Rivers served as a Member ofParliament and as Envoy Extraordinary andMinister Plenipotentiary to Turin, Envoy to theCourt of Turin 1761 and Ambassador to Spain. Hewas created Baron Rivers of Strateld Saye 20 May1776 (British Armorial Bindings, University ofToronto Libraries). Lord Rivers was the author ofseveral works, including Letters to a YoungNobleman oughts on the English Constitution(1784). A descendant, Augustus Pitt-Rivers, was theeminent archaeologist who founded Oxfords Pitt

Rivers Museum. Early inked shelf numbering abovebookplate. Text very fresh with only light scatteredfoxing, light expert restoration to boards.

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Four Hitchhikers Guide Volumes Inscrie By Dougls Ams

29. ADAMS, Douglas. Te Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.WITH: Te Restaurant at the End of the Universe. WITH: THitchhikers rilogy Omnibus Edition. WITH: Te Hitchhikers Quartet. New York, 1980-86. Together, four volumes. Octaoriginal half cloth, dust jackets. $48

First American editions of the rst two volumes in Adams pan-galactically popular series (which eventually grew to becomtrilogy in ve parts), together with two omnibus editions of the series, each book inscribed on its title page by the authoBest Wishes, Douglas Adams (the rilogy Omnibus Edition additionally inscribed, o Pat).

Like its titular tome, Adams cosmic comedy is a wholly remarkable book. e story originated as a 1978 BBC radio serial. series was an overnight success and rescued Adams from the life of a struggling comedy sketch writer. It spawned a televisishow, ve books and other spin-os, including a major motion picture in 2005 (e Guardian). Trilogy Omnibus Edition thprinting. Owner inscription in Restaurant. A ne set, desirable with Adams inscription in each volume.

Te Moer Of Te Englis19-Cenury Noel

30. AUSTEN, Jane. Novels. London, 1892. Ten volumes.Octavo, modern full green morocco gilt. $6800.

Limited large paper edition of Austens beloved novels,number 83 of only 150 sets, illustrated with 31 plates,beautifully bound.

Generations of readers have marveled at the modernityof her work She is the mother of the English 19th-century novel as Scott is the father of it (Kunitz &Haycra, 23). Contains Sense and Sensibility, Pride andPrejudice,Manseld Park, Emma, Northanger AbbeyandPersuasion. Edited by Richard Brimley Johnson. GilsonE158. A ne set.

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raymondchandlerA Masterpiece Right Out Of Te Gate

32. CHANDLER, Raymond. Te Big Sleep. New York, 1939. Octavo, original orange cloth, dust jacket. $19,000.

First edition of Chandlers rst and most famous novel, with rarely found original dust jacket.

e Big Sleep, Raymond Chandlers rst novel, was a masterpiece right out of the gate and introduced a new kind ofdetective story, build on the hard-boiled foundation laid by Dashiell Hammett (Johnson I:44). e novel was publishedwhen Chandler was 51, aer years of apprenticeship in pulp magazines. Its my ambition, he once said, to write amystery story without one word of explanation at the end. In e Big Sleep I almost succeeded. is was the novel that

announced Chandlers literary coming-of-age and dened the mythic status of his wise-cracking detective Philip Marlowe.Chandler is fun to read, commented writer George Higgins. He was also one hell of a writer, and those are hard to nd(Hardboiled Mystery Writers, 81-3). A Haycra Queen cornerstone novel. William Faulkner co-authored the screenplayadaptation ofe Big Sleep for Howard Hawks 1946 lm starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. First Editionstated on copyright page; price of $2.00 net to dust jacket front ap. Bruccoli A1.1.a. Hubin II:152. Book ne; inknotation to front panel, slight chipping to spine ends, minor toning to spine of scarce unrestored near-ne dust jacket.

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jamesfenimorecooperHow All His Pages Glow With Creative Fire!: Rare First Issue Of Coopers Classic

e Last Of e Mohicans In Contemporary ree Calf

35. COOPER, James Fenimore. Te Last of the Mohicans; A Narrative of 1757. By the Author of Te PioneerPhiladelphia, 1826. Two volumes. Octavo, contemporary full tree sheep gilt sympathetically rebacked, custom chemise ahalf morocco slipcase. $38,0

Scarce rst edition, rst issue, of Coopers classic tale in handsome contemporary tree calf. One of the highlights of eaAmerican literature.

is is the most famous of the Leatherstocking Tales, and the rst in which the scout Natty Bumppo was made the symbolall that was wise, heroic and romantic in the lives and characters of the white men who made the American wilderness thhome e novel gloried for many generations of readers, in England, France, Russia, and at home, some aspects of Americlife that were unique to our cultural history (Grolier American 100 34). e real triumph of Cooper is the variety of invention, the power with which, isolating his few characters in the wilderness, he contrives to ll their existences, at least the time being, with enough actions, desires, fears, victories, defeats, sentiments, thoughts to make the barren frontier seemsplendid stage (DAB). First issue, with page 89 misnumbered 93, Chapter XVI numbered XIV in Volume I (page 243), apage vii correctly numbered (in some copies it is numbered vi; BAL states that examination suggests that the folio wcorrectly set and the i may have dropped out during the printing, the sequence of states has not been established). State AVolume II (sequence of states not determined) with a Book in the h line of the copyright notice. Spiller & Blackburn 7. BA3833. Bookplates. Internally generally quite clean and bright, some faint scattered foxing, marginal repair to last leaf of teExpertly rebacked, with some very slight rubbing to extremities, tight, solid and handsome. An exceptional copy.

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gustaveflaubertBovary Cest Moi: Scarce First Edition Of Flauberts Masterpiece,

In Exceptionally Rare Original Wrappers

37. FLAUBERT, Gustave. Madame Bovary. Moeurs de Province. Paris, 1857. Two volumes. ick 12mo, original printpale green paper wrappers, glassine, custom half morocco chemises and morocco-edged slipcases. $18,0

Rare rst edition, rst issue in book form, of Flauberts literary masterpiece, the denitive model of the novel (mile Zoland the work that ushered the age of realism into modern European literature, in exceptionally rare original wrappers.beautiful copy.

Upon publication ofMadame Bovary, both Flaubert and his publisher were brought to trial on charges of immorality and narrowescaped conviction (the same tribunal found Charles Baudelaire guilty on the same charge six months later). Although purportedbased in part on the circumstances of Flauberts friend Louise Pradier, the authors claim that Madame Bovary is myself, whis unrelenting objectivity and deep compassion for his characters, earned him a reputation as the great master of the Real

school of French literature. Flauberts attention to minute particulars of description and his belief in le mot juste signicaninuenced later writers and thinkers, makingMadame Bovaryintegral to the evolution of modern literature. First serializedLa Revue de Paris in October and December of 1856, this is therst issue in book form, with misspelling of Senard as Senaon dedication page. With both half titles; bound without publishers advertisements. Text in French. Armorial bookplate William M. Fitzhugh, the renowned book collector, laid in. Small closed tear to rear wrapper and glassine of Volume I amild toning to spines. A superb copy in about-ne condition, exceedingly rare in fragile original wrappers.

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ianflemingHe Must Play Te Role Te Man Who Was Only A Silhouette

38. FLEMING, Ian. Moonraker. London, 1955. Octavo, original black paper boards, dust jacket, customclamshel l box. $15,000.

Scarce rst edition of Flemings third novel, in which Bond must foil the attempt of a British industrialist to destroyLondon with a nuclear weapon, in rst-issue dust jacket.

Considered by many to be one of the best of the Bond books, Moonrakeraorded Fleming an opportunity to waxlyrical about the England he lovedthe panorama full of color and excitement and romance [Fleming also] skillfullyreintroduced notes of ambiguity and realism into the life of his globe-trotting hero Nol Coward readMoonrakerinproof in Jamaica and pronounced, It is the best thing he has done yet, very exciting His observation is extraordinary

and his talent for description vivid (Lycett, 253-54, 269). e early Bond novels are quite scarce. is title is extremelyrare in ne condition (Biondi & Pickard, 42). With shoot instead of shoo on page 10, penultimate line; no priorityestablished. Sheets bulk at 19mm, no priority established. First-issue dust jacket, with ap price 10s. 6d. net and jacketdesign credit line on the front ap (Biondi & Pickard, 42). Made into the 1979 lm of the same title with Roger Mooreas Bond and Lois Chiles as Dr. Holly Goodhead. Book ne; light toning to spine and soiling to white back panel (asoen) of bright, unrestored dust jacket with price-clipped front ap. A near-ne copy.

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Loely Firs Eiion Of Sue GronsFirs Kinsey Millone Mysery, Signe By Her

42. GRAFTON, Sue. A is for Alibi. New York, 1982. Octavo, original graypaper boards, dust jacket. $6500

First edition of the original Kinsey Millhone mystery, signed on the title pageby Sue Graon.

e rst in Sue Graons enormously popular alphabet series. A nesigned copy.

Glos Wi Te Fire Of A Suresse, Secre, FeerisExciemen: Firs Eiion OfTe Scarlet LetterIn UnresoreOriginl Clo, Wi A Recei From Te Slem CusomsHouse Signe By Horne ie In

41. HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel. Te Scarlet Letter. Boston, 1850. Octavooriginal brown cloth, custom clamshell box. $18,000

First edition of Hawthornes American classic, one of only 2500 copies printedin unrestored original cloth, with a 1848 Port of Salem customs inspectionreceipt signed by Hawthorne tipped in.

e rst edition of e Scarlet Letter sold out in ten days and madeHawthornes fame, changed his fortune and gave to our literature its rstsymbolic novel a year before the appearance of Melvilles Moby-Dick(Bradley et al., 652). e novel glows with the re of a suppressed, secretfeverish excitement a re that neither wanes nor lessens, but keeps at itsoriginal scorching heat for years (Allibone I:805). First edition, Clarkstypesetting states x1 and a2, no priority established. With four pages opublishers advertisements dated in March 1850 (the month of publication)

inserted between the front endpapers. Clark A16.1; BAL 7600. Wakeman 306. e 1848 customs house receipt, printed on

light blue paper and nished in manuscript, is signed by Hawthorne as Surveyor of the Salem Custom House. e ScarleLetters introductory essay, e Custom-House, purportedly astraightforward account of his experience as surveyor, attacks of-cials who connived in his dismissal while vindicating himself(ANB). Owner signature dated in the month of publication, booklabel of bibliophile Stephen H. Wakeman, noted for his collectionof 19th-century American literature. Interior ne. Light wear tocloth extremities, more so to spine ends; light soiling to boards. Anear-ne, unrestored copy with exceptional provenance and mostscarce with a receipt by Hawthorne tipped in. A truly extraordi-nary copy.

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victorhugoJean Valjean, My Brother, You No Longer Belong o Evil, But o Good:

First Edition In English OfLes Misrables

45. HUGO, Victor. Les Misrables. London, 1862. ree volumes. Small octavo, contemporary three-quarter tancalf gilt, custom clamshell box. $12,000.

Scarce rst edition in English, published the same year as the rst French language edition, of Hugos greatest workand one of the most inuential novels ever written, in handsome contemporary binding.

Begun by Hugo in 1843 aer his daughters accidental death, the publication ofLes Miserables in 1862 proved an enormouscritical and popular success; its immediate translations brought Hugo international fame. e great novel has been

hailed as a masterpiece of popular literature, an epic poem in prose about God, humanity and Hugo Hugo hopedthat Les Misrables would be one of if not the principal summits of his body of works. Despite its length, complexityand occasionally unbelievable plot and characterization, it remains a masterpiece of popular literature (Dolbow, 149,214). With half titles. Translated by Lascelles Wraxall. Harris, 76. Inner hinges expertly reinforced. Only minor rubbingto bindings. Elusive.

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A Slesmn Is Go o Drem, Boy. I Comes WiTe erriory: Signe By Arur Miller

52. MILLER, Arthur. Death of a Salesman. New York, 1949. Octavooriginal orange cloth, dust jacket. $7500

First edition of Millers Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, boldly signed on thehalf title by Miller, in scarce original dust jacket.

Miller came into his own with Death of a Salesman, thought by some criticsto be the most signicant of modern tragedies; the drama won a PulitzerPrize and a Critics Circle Award (American Literature, 286). First-issuedust jacket, without mention of New YorkDrama Critics Circle Award for 1949 andwith Esther Handler photo credit on rearap. Jensen A.IV1a. Book ne; light edge-wear, faint soiling to near-ne dust jacket.

Mser Of My Si, You Muinous Dog!:Firs Issue OfMutiny On Te Bounty,Inscrie By Hll An AiionllySigne By Noro

53. NORDHOFF, Charles and HALL, James Norman.Mutiny on the Bounty. Boston, 1932. Octavo, originalblue cloth, dust jacket, custom clamshell box. $4500.

First edition, second issue, of the rst novel in Nordhoand Halls Bounty trilogy, in scarce rst-issue dust jacket,inscribed: [by Hall] For Lillian Moses with best wishes

from James Norman Hall, [by Nordho] Chas Nordho.

Journalists Nordho and Hall began working together in1920 and soon moved to Tahiti to write articles forHarpers Magazine. Aer settling there, they expandedtheir collaboration to include novels. Using Sir JohnBarrows e Mutiny of the Bounty(1831) as inspiration,the writers enjoyed enormous popular and criticalsuccess with this rst of a trilogy about the H.M.S. Bounty. eir work remains a model of meticulous research, realisticplotting and dialogue, and romantic painterly description (ANB). First adapted to the screen in 1935, the lm starringCharles Laughton and Clark Gable was nominated for eight Oscars and won Best Picture. In 1962, the adaptation starringMarlon Brando earned seven Oscars. Second issue, with pictorial endpapers; inrst-issue dust jacket, with no reviews on backap. Bruccoli & Clark III:256. In half navy morocco gilt pictorial clamshell box. Lightest dampstaining to gutter and top andbottom edges of text block, not aecting text. Moderate dampstaining to spine and top and bottom edges of cloth; light toning tospine. Dust jacket exceptionally bright and about-ne. A most desirable copy of a title seldom found inscribed.

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theoxfordenglishdictionary

Te Greatest reasure-House Of Any Language In Te World:First Edition Of Te Oxford English Dictionary, In Original Publishers Morocco-Gilt

56. (OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY) MURRAY, James, et al. (editors). A New English Dictionary on HistoricalPrinciples. Oxford, 1888-1928. Ten volumes bound in twelve. ick folio (11-1/2 by 13-1/2 inches), publishers original three-quarter dark maroon morocco gilt. $18,000

First edition in book form of the famous Oxford English Dictionarya project of unprecedented historical and culturaimportance (New York imes)in the publishers deluxe morocco-gilt.

e N.E.D., as it was originally cited, or the O.E.D., as it is now known, is the greatest treasure-house of any language in theworld, unrivalled for its comprehensiveness and ease of consultation as well as for its reliability and scholarship (PMM 371). escheme of a completely new English Dictionary was conceived in 1858 Herbert Coleridge and aer him Dr. F. J. Furnivall,

were the rst editors. eir work, which covered 20 years, consisted mainly in the collection of materials, and it was not until DrJ.A H. Murray took the matter up in 1878 that the preparation of the Dictionary began to take active form. e essential featureof the Dictionary is its historical method, by which the meaning and form of the words are traced from their earliest appearanceon the basis of an immense number of quotations, collected by more than 800 voluntary workers. e Dictionary contains arecord of 414,825 words, whose history is illustrated by 1,827,306 quotations (Drabble, 728). e rst edition of the Dictionarywas issued both in original parts and in book form. Bookplates. Interiors ne, minor expert restoration to spine heads of a fewvolumes. A beautiful set.

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Firs Eiion OfSlaughterhouse-Five,Signe By Vonnegu Wi A Self Porri Skec

57. VONNEGUT, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five. New York, 1969. Octaoriginal full blue cloth, dust jacket, custom cloth clamshell box. $85

First edition of Vonneguts most powerful novel, boldly signed him on the half title with a full-page self-portrait sketch and characteristic ourish.

During the decade of the 1960s Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. emerged as onethe most inuential and provocative writers of ction in AmericaSlaughterhouse-Five, perhaps Vonnegutsmost powerful novel, presents two char-acters who can see beneath the surface tothe tragic realities of human history butmake no attempt to bring about changee central event is the destruction ofDresden by bombs and re storma ca-tastrophe that Vonnegut himself wit-nessed as a prisoner of war (Vinson,

1414-15). A masterpiece A key work(Anatomy of WonderII:1204). With First Printing on copyright page. Currey, 407. Cloth withlight toning and rubbing to spine, slight soiling to boards. Dust jacket with light foxing. Anear-ne inscribed copy.

I Neer Ws A Wr, Any More Tn Teres WrBeeen Men An Ans

58. WELLS, H.G. Te War of the Worlds. London, 1898. Octavo,original gray cloth. $4000.

First edition of Wells classic and inuential scientic romance.

Almost all of Wells best science ction has an evolutionary subtexte British Empire, like all others before it, represented the successfulpredation of the weak by the strong, and that was the subject, in ametamorphosed form, ofe War of the Worlds (Disch, 62-63). enovel is a tour de force whose innumerable ctional ospring includenumerous adaptations and homages, by far the most eective of whichwas Orson Welles Mercury eater radio broadcast of 1938 (Anatomyof Wonder II-1234). Without extremely rare dust jacket. Without

publishers catalogue at rear, no priority (Currey, 426). Contemporaryowner gi inscription. A few spots of foxing and soiling to interior, onlyslightest rubbing and soiling to cloth, mildest toning to spine. Ahandsome copy in near-ne condition.

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williamshakespearePerhaps Te Best-Produced Shakespeare Edition Of Te 18th Century:

Te Splendidly Illustrated Hanmer Shakespeare, 1770-7161. SHAKESPEARE, William. Te Works of Shakespear. Oxford, 1770-71. Six volumes. Royal quarto, period-style thrquarter tan calf gilt. $16,5

Second edition of Hanmers famous illustrated set of Shakespeare, with 36 full-page copper-engravings (one for each play)Hubert Gravelot aer Francis Hayman, along with frontispiece portrait aer Chandos, and two plates of the Westminster aStratford monuments.

According to omas Dibdin, Hanmers Oxford edition was the rst Shakespeare which appeared in any splendtypographical form. e rst edition was published in a small press run in 1743-44; this second edition contains Poporiginal Preface, Rowes Some Account of the Life, etc. of Mr. William of Shakespear, additional notes by Percy, Warton aHawkins and an expanded glossary. is reprint of Hanmer on excellent paper, perhaps the best-produced Shakespea

edition of the 18th century, deserves more recognition than it has received artistically the most delightful edition Shakespeare (Franklin, 31). Artist Francis Hayman was the most procient English illustrator of his time (Ray, 5). His frieand collaborator, engraver Hubert Gravelot (who actually drew ve of the illustrations himself under the pressure of time), wone of the nest engravers and teachers of engraving (Hodnett, 75). Editor Sir omas Hanmer was a Suolk landowner apolitician; he was the only editor [of Shakespeare] who refused payment (Franklin, 89). Grolier, Shakespeares Plays 11. Soexpert archival paper repairs; three-inch tear to top corner of leaf Q in Volume V, not aecting text. A clean, wide-marginset in ne condition, splendidly bound.

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I Is A rue Poem An Wri By A rue Mn: Te ImornTir Eiion Of Wimns Lees Of Grss, 1860

62. WHITMAN, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Boston, 1860. Octavo, original textureddark reddish orange cloth, custom chemise and half morocco slipcase. $3500

Tird edition, scarce rst issue, of Americas second Declaration of Independence,including much of the books celebrated content for the rst time and personallyseen through the press and designed by the good gray poet himself.

By 1860, following a creative surge, Whitman found himself prepared topublish a third edition ofLeaves of Grass, rst published in 1855. In February1860, Whitman received a letter from ayer & Eldridge, a new publishinghouse in Boston, crusaders of a transcendentalist bent: Dr Sir. We want to bethe publishers of Walt Whitmans poemsLeaves of Grass.When the bookwas rst issued we were clerks in the establishment we now own. We read thebook with prot and pleasure. It is a true poem and writ by a true man